"I was in Iraq, Afghanistan, Djibouti, Bahrain. The first year I went pretty much by myself. Then I went with General [Richard] Myers, head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The shows and audiences were amazing. You'll never get a better group of people."

-- Robin Williams

#Years Quotes #Iraq Quotes #People Quotes

“Every time you get a script and you have a scene, you start mining out how many layers there are within it.”
“Politics is about who wins and loses. The rest is of marginal interest.”
“What Tarquin the Proud said in his garden with the poppy blooms was understood by the son but not by the messenger.”
“Perfectionism is the enemy of profitability.”
“Reading has always brought me pure joy. I read to encounter new worlds and new ways of looking at the world. I read to enlarge my horizons, to gain wisdom, to experience beauty, to understand myself better, and for the pure wonderment of it all. I read and marvel over how writers use language in ways I never thought of. I read for company, and for escape. Because I am incurably interested in the lives of other people, both friends and strangers, I read to meet myriad folks and enter their lives- for me, a way of vanquishing the â€œothernessâ€ we all experience.”

Source : Nancy Pearl (2009). “Book Lust: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason”, p.9, Sasquatch Books
“When adversity strikes, that's when you have to be the most calm. Take a step back, stay strong, stay grounded and press on.”
“...I begin with songs. They provide a sort of skeleton grammar for me to flesh out. Songs of longing for future tense, songs of regret for past tense, and songs of love for present tense.”
“I'd kill myself without music. Immediately. Life is pointless without music for me.”

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